Chris McCandless rejects a traditional path of success and instead defines success on his own terms through freedom, experience, and personal meaning. Reflect on what success means to you at your current stage in life. In the response, explain how success is currently defined (grades, college acceptance, achievements, happiness, etc.) and where those ideas come from. Then, consider whether that definition truly reflects personal values or if it is shaped by expectations from family, school, or society.

 Prompt Response: Right now, success for me is seeing results. This applies anywhere -- whether that be at the gym, with my grades, and cleaning at home. I feel I can only be successful when I see what my hard work has brought out and come to. 

Summary: Today we did a connections assignment, and another assignment.

Reflection: Today I learned what connections I had with the book. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Think about how you have searched for information in the past compared to what you practiced today. How is creating specific search phrases different from just “Googling” a topic? Explain how this strategy will improve the quality of your research.

  Prompt Response:  This grants you a special insight into the depths of your topic. Rather than googling a topic, researching is finding just about everything about a topic. You find much more information and fulfillment when you undergo the process of research rather than a single Google search. Summary:  Today we had a sub and we did a commonlit. Reflection:  Today I learned the importance of research.
Read more

Which part of the annotated bibliography (summary, reflection, or evaluation) was the most challenging for you, and why? Explain how that challenge helped you grow as a researcher and how it will help you when writing your research paper.

  Prompt Response:  I think the most challenging part of the annotated bibliography was the evaluation. I think this was because I was trying to avoid saying the same thing for each paragraph and source, though I had the same reason for almost all of them. That is what made this challenging for me personally. Summary: Today we started our Writeable sourcing assignment for our research essay. Reflection:  Today I learned that I struggle with simple things.
Read more

In “Birches,” Robert Frost celebrates imagination as a way to escape life’s difficulties and reconnect with innocence. The speaker wishes to “get away from earth awhile” but also understands that he must eventually return to reality. Think about the role of imagination in your own life. How does imagination help you cope with challenges, boredom, or stress?

  Prompt Response:  Recently, I have found myself trying to expand my imagination. I have grown up being told what to think and what to believe that I now struggle to form my own thoughts, opinions, or creative ideas. I have been trying to expose myself to other forms of art and other's ideas in hopes to broaden my horizons, and overall, my ideas. I believe that the right imagination is the true key to staying young at heart as your body grows old. Summary: Today we read the poem "Birches" by Robert Frost and analyzed it. Reflection:  Today I learned that you have to appreciate your youth.
Read more